Persuasive
Topics 
Many useful sites for controversial topics may be blocked by Internet filtering software. Ask your library staff for assistance if you have this problem. Once you select a topic, you may also want to use library books to strenghten your argument.
There
are three databases here to use. They are Gale Virtual Reference Library, Opposing
Viewpoints Resource Center, and Global Issues in Context. For this assignment
use Opposing Viewpoints. Argumentative Essay Topics. This site offers many topic choices. Click on the topic, a thesis statement is provided and web sites discussing both sides of the issue.
Public Agenda Online. Contains current issues from abortion to social security. Each issue includes background, public opinion and links to resources and sources. Click on Issue Guides
Public Policy Issues and Groups. Contains current issues from cloning to youth suicide. Each issues links to internet sites that provide more information.
You Debate provides the currently debated issues, as well as a directory of broad categories such as health, religion and politics. Search by keyword. You are a couple of clicks away from the actual information. TIP: Search using "pro issues" or "con issues" to find arguments.
Controversial Issues -- many topics from Santa Ana College
Controversial Issues -- list from Penn State
Controversial Issue Starter Links -- from Baltimore Public Schools
Pros and Cons of Controversial Issues --Facts, news, and thousands of diverse pro and con opinions on controversial topics.
Hot Topics -- from University of Louisville
Topics All about important events, trends and subjects by year-- from CNN
Research Guide on Paper Topics -- from University Library at California State University, Long Beach-- scroll down to see many other links to topics of interest
The role of homework in improving school quality -- 54 page paper from the University of California, San Diego
Getting the Most Out of Homework
Homework Pays Off --from theLeland Stanford Junior University
Letter to the Editor of a Local Newspaper -- from Stop Homework.com
Research review: What research says about the value of homework -- from The Center for Public Education
Parents: Too much homework Even grade schoolers toil for hours a night -- article from the San Francisco Chronicle
What's Wrong With Standardized Tests?
Standardized Testing and Its Victims --from EDUCATION WEEK September 27, 2000
Measuring What Matters Least
Standardized Tests Face a Crisis Over Standards
Alternatives to Standardized Tests
Emancipation of minors - laws
Emancipation of a Minor
Emancipation in the United States
Emancipation of a Minor
NBA rookies: from high school to million$ - teenagers drafted directly from high school into the National Basketball Association
Should NBA coaches be allowed to scout student athletes prior to high school graduation? looks good but you would need to check the facts
High school kids should be allowed to be drafted into the NBA.
HLS's McCann shoots, scores with research on high school players entering NBA draft
Early Risers-- from LA Times
More on the Michael Vick case -- from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Goodell to consider Vick's remorse -- from ESPN.com news services
Michael Vick playing prison football -- from NYDailyNews.com
Falcons' Vick Indicted In Dogfighting Case -- from the Washington Post
Saving Michael Vick's Dogs -- from the Washington Post
Obama Stimulus Package Really Socialism? -- from Fox News
Will Obama's Stimulus Package Work? -- from Time Magazine
European Leader Assails American Stimulus Plan -- from the NY Times
A Trillion Dollar Barack Obama Stimulus Package Could Spur Inflation -- from the US News and World Report
Obama, in His New Role as President-Elect, Calls for Stimulus Package -- from the NY Times